Mysterious Debris May Be Meteorite

From Discovery News:

Flaming debris which fell from the sky near a Chilean airliner over the Pacific Ocean may have been a meteorite, New Zealand authorities said Thursday. Reports on Wednesday said the objects, believed to have been the remains of a Russian satellite, were estimated to have passed as close as five miles from a LAN Airlines Airbus A340 aircraft. But a spokesman for Airways New Zealand, which manages New Zealand's air traffic, said Thursday it was unclear where the debris had come from.

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